Thanks to Möglingen Germany

my special THANKS to Gertrauds Friends in Möglingen who provide financially to have this wonderful project in Chilakaluripet running since the beginning. Sumathi and Swetha convey their thanks and greetings too!
Thanks to all our donors! Without them we could not do much. So each of you can enjoy the success of our doing.

Mein spezieller DANK gilt Gertraud Z. und ihren Freunden in Möglingen/ Ludwigsburg. Von Anfang an haben sie dieses wunderbare Projekt in Chilakaluripet finanziell unterstützt und getragen. Sumathi und Swetha schicken Grüße mit herzlichem Dank!
Danke an alle unsre Spender! Ohne die wir nicht viel ausrichten können. Ihr könnt euch mit uns freuen an dem Erfolg unsrer Arbeit hier.
Herzlichst
Martha

Visit to Shoshana Sewing Centre, Chilakaluripet

Pics from Shoshana Sewing Project, Chilakaluripet


This sewing project is specially started for tribal women who migrated from the north east parts of Andhra pradesh and settled in sugali colony. They moved here in search of work since Chilakaluripet is a bigger town and there are many companies like tobacco where they could get some  work.

Though it is started for the tribal women in the beginning, it is helping all kinds of women who are  need of help.

Women without income on their own need to depend on men for everything. If men are unemployed too then it is more worse. Providing vocational training to women helps them to either start something on their own or take up a job. Stitching clothes is something which is a never ending job.This they could start immediately after completion of the course and also could work from home.

The sewing project is started mainly to identify women who are interested and who are in need of help ( divorcees, single parents, school drop outs etc)and teach them new skills to generate income and not only teaching, giving them a sewing machine at the end of the course and encourages them to work for their living.

So far Shoshana had more than 140 beneficiaries from this project who finished their training in sewing and embroidery.

There are many such women who finished sewing and embroidery courses from this project and have started their own business at home as a tailor.

Some earn their living by giving tailoring classes to other women.

Besides sewing and embroidery, Shoshana is also encouraging women to learn some handicraft skills.
Handicraft programs provide a space for developing creativity  as well as an environment for women to support other women.

Learning new skills to generate income and there by successfully  selling their products.

Shoshana Medical Projects in Prakasam and Guntur Districts

Sharing a few pics from the different medical projects of Shoshana we visited for the last two days.


SHOSHANA MEDICAL PROJECTS IN SOME AREAS OF PRAKASAM AND GUNTUR DISTRICTS:

First level of medical care for patients for minor illness and injuries. Providing awareness about personal care and hygiene and information about prevention of illness.

Nurse - Anjaneyulu at Raavipadu medical project

Nurse- Mary at Narasaraopet medical project

Some of these nurses are also working in private hospitals and since they are regularly monitoring the health conditions of the patients from the medical centres, they help them see the doctor if necessary.

Nurse - Jayaraju at Swarna Medical Project

Giving free blood sugar and blood pressure tests.

Nurse- Prasanna with Martha at Karamchedu medical project

Pics from Shoshana Medical Centre, Gaddipadu, Guntur.

One of the backward areas on the outskirts of Guntur. Kamala who is an instructor at Shoshana Sewing project, Gaddipadu,Guntur is also a trained nurse.  She is giving first aid help and basic medication for the needy people in that area. Areas with open drains and having unhygienic conditions are prone to more diseases. Shoshana is helping them to get an access to the basic medical help and also awareness about the hygiene and health.

Nirmala, the tailoring instructor at Gaddipadu, Guntur has been giving free sewing classes to the needy women in guntur for the last 16 years in different areas with the support of Shoshana.

 Primary objective of this training program is to create employment opportunities to the disadvantaged women coming from rural and slum areas.




At the end of the course each woman is provided with a sewing machine to start their own business.

The beneficiaries are selected based on their economic conditions and their interest towards learning the skill. So far Shoshana helped more than 500 women in Guntur in getting the free training and still there are more needy women who are in need of help.

VISIT TO SHOSHANA SEWING PROJECT IN PEDANANDIPADU AND ANAPARTHI VILLAGES

Sharing a few pics from the Shoshana sewing project, Anaparthi and Pedanandipadu villages.


Martha's first visit to the sewing project, Anaparthi  which was started early this year. Women had a little celebration time inviting Martha to the project.

Occupation wise most of these women are daily wage agricultural labourers and their men are construction workers and contract farmers. The job availability in agricultural sector is only for half the year and rest of the period they go to nearby areas for coolie work.

We choose the needy women who are unemployed and who are interested to learn the handicraft skills to train them in Sewing and Embroidery work and help them in buying a sewing machine so that they could also earn some living  and could support their families.

If both the parents are working,
more children will be able to attend school instead of forced into child labour.

Mrs.Sivakumari is the instructor for sewing at Pedanandipadu and Anaparthi. She is running a tailor shop at home with the help of some of her former students there by providing some income for them and they also sell the products made by the women at the centre which they in turn use for their utilities.

Visit to Shoshana Medical Centres, Yanadi colony, Kadavakuduru and China ganjam village

SHOSHANA MEDICAL PROJECTS AT KADAVAKUDURU AND CHINA GANJAM VILLAGES

Martha's first visit to the Shoshana Medical project located in the Yanadi colony of Chinaganjam village.
I am putting up a few pics from her visit.

Shoshana Primary health centre was started in this area to give awareness about personal hygiene and health issues besides giving basic medication for the people here.

This is mainly a tribal community with main occupation as sewage workers, fishermen , coolies and rickshaw pullers. Open defecation due to lack of sufficient water and domesticating pigs and goats at home causing unhygienic surroundings is mainly leading to health problems and maintaining their waste water by digging pits in the backyard attracting mosquitoes is also making them sick.

Nurse, Rajakumari at Shoshana Medical project - Kadavakuduru

Health worker, Deepthi at the medical centre - Chinaganjam village

Random pics from the place

Shoshana Computer Centre, Guntur.



Pics from the present group of girls and boys at Shoshana computer Centre, Guntur.

In today's world computer education had become equally if not more essential than regular degrees.
Students from small towns and villages lose out on employment opportunities due to lack of computer knowledge.

Skill development training  program for needy boys and girls to enable them to take up courses like Tally, Networking, Web designing, Animation etc and become employable and earn their livelihood.

Instructor Chandra with his new group of students

Shoshana has been supporting needy women with sewing projects for their self help and medical projects for rural slums. Besides these two in order to support the students from low income groups by providing free education in basic and advanced computer skills at the training centre.